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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






2. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






3. The acquirer of products - services or results for an organization






4. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






5. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






6. Identifying quality requirements and/or standards for the project and product and documenting how the project will demonstrate compliance






7. Document that describes how the project scope will be defined - developed and verified and how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined and that provides guidance on how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project






8. A histogram - ordered by frequency of occurrence - that shows how many results were generated by each identified cause






9. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






10. Processes to purchase or acquire the products - services or results needed from outside the project team to perform the work






11. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






12. Estimate or prediction of conditions and events in the projects future based on information and knowledge available at the time of the forecast. information is based on the project's past performance and expected future performance






13. Output from performing project management processes and activities. results include outcomes and documents.






14. Technique that computes or iterates the project cost or project schedule many times using input values selected at random from probability distributions of possible costs or durations - to calculate a distribution of total project costs or completion






15. A collection of formal documented procedures that define how project deliverables and documentation will be controlled - changed and approved. in most application areas - the change control system is a subset of the configuration management system






16. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






17. The latest possible point in time that a schedule activity maybe completed based upon schedule network logic - the completion date and any constraints assigned to the schedule activities without violating a schedule constraint or delaying the project






18. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






19. Calculated projection of cost performance that must be achieved on the remaining work to meet a specified management goal. ratio of remaining work to funds remaining






20. Collecting and distributing performance information - including status reports - progress measurements and forecasts






21. Processes and activities of the performing organization that determine quality policies - objectives and responsibilities so that the project will satisfy the needs for which it was undertaken






22. Provider of products - services or results






23. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity (or the project) can finish - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






24. A source of variation that is inherent in the system and predictable. on a control chart - it appears as part of the random process variation and is indicated by random pattern of points within the control limits. also referred to as random cause






25. Source of variation that is not inherent in the system - is not predictable - and it intermittent. also referred to as assignable cause.






26. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






27. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






28. The process of obtaining seller responses - selecting a seller and awarding a contract






29. Logical relationship where completion of the successor schedule activity is dependent upon the initiation of the predecessor schedule activity






30. Those processes performed to finalize all activities across all project management process groups to formally close the project or phase






31. Graphic display of cumulative costs - labor - hours - percentage of work or other quantities - plotted against time. used to depict planned value - earned value and active costs.






32. Identifying - documenting - approving or rejecting and controlling changes to the project baselines






33. The enterprise whose personnel are directly involved in doing the work of the project






34. The formally documented identification of a defect in a project component with a recommendation to either repair the defect or completely replace the component






35. Analytical technique that uses three cost or duration estimates to represent optimistic - most likely and pessimistic scenarios.






36. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






37. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






38. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system






39. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






40. Response to a negative risk that has occurred - workaround is not planned in advance of the occurrence of the risk event






41. Monitoring and recording results of executing the quality activities to assess performance and recommend necessary changes






42. Document that provides for common and repeated use - rules - guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results






43. A mutually binding agreement that obligates the seller to provide the specified product or service or result and obligates the buyer to pay for it






44. Modification of a logical relationship that directs a delay in the successor activity. activity with a 10 day lag - cannot start until 10 days after an activity is finished






45. Amount of time that a schedule activity can be delayed without delaying the early start date of any immediately following schedule activities.






46. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






47. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






48. Common way to determine whether a risk is considered low - moderate - or high by combining the two dimensions of a risk: its probability of occurrence and its impact on objectives if it occurs






49. Hierarchal structure of resources by resource category and resource type used in resource leveling schedules and to develop resource limited schedules and which may be used to identify and analyze project human resource management






50. Approximating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources